Kaohportia

Kaohportia or the United Provinces of Kaohportia is a country consisting of 5 previously independant states that are now united as Kaohportia. Kaohportia borders Tybalteva and Oxenryd. A part of its population is Tybaltevan as many Tybaltevans fled to the province of Da'retha during the War Of The Hundred Days; they stayed after the war and when Da'retha became part of Kaohportia.

History
No reliable sources documenting life in the area that is now Kaohportia prior to the year 509 AD have ever been found. Sources from the middle ages have given historians insight in life in the area before the unification of the states. According to these sources, many wars were fought between the states and surrounding states. Christianity and Judaism were the religions with most followers in the area surrounding what is now Kaohportia.

Few is known about the founding of the states that now make up Kaohportia. It is however known that Liimbe and Seladna Ni were the first two states to be founded, which happened about the same time. Da'retha was the last state to be founded. It is known that all states were monarchies; this is still visible in the flag because of the inclusion of a crown.

After 1500 AD, conflicts intensified and the Kaohportian states were attacked from the east by Easterners. Although there are few sources that comprehensibly describe the Easterners, historians believe they were nomads from the area of Björnska. In 1688 the state of Liimbe was the first state to officially declare a war against the Easterners. In the next few years most states, except for Frilsand followed, with Da'retha being the last of the states to declare war, in 1695.

During the war against the Easterners, the War of The Two Hundred Days took place in the neighbouring Tybalteva. A significant amount of Tybaltevans fled to Kaohportia, mainly the western provinces of Frilsand but mainly Da'retha. A lot of the immigrants stayed after the war in Tybalteva ended, which lead to a large Tybaltevan diaspora in Da'retha which is still alive today, since everyone of Tybaltevan descent is still considerd as a Tybaltevan. This diaspora has had an impact on Kaohportia's culture - most noticeably, Tybaltevan is now an official language in Kaohportia.

Each country fighting a seperate war against the Easterners led to the economic situations of the states at war worsening, which led to a decreasing Human Development Index; life expectancies shortened and poverty was at a high rate. This prompted Liimbe and Barbat to sign a treaty, promising a co-operation between both states in order to improve the circumstances in both states. This treaty was signed in 1844 and is known as the First Treaty. After the signing of this first treaty, many more were signed between the states at war. Eventually Frilsand would be included in treaties as well, starting from 1765 when they signed an economic treaty with Seladna Ni.

After the war against the Easterners ended in 1774 the treaties stayed intact and the relationships between states were still very well. All states were however still coping with their relatively small economies (which mainly affected Barbat because of it's lack of export) and borders between them. After talks between all five royal families it was decided in 1779 that all states would form a union. While all states were originally meant to join this union, Frilsand withdrew at the last minute. The unification of the four other states is now known as the Small Unification. The unification was complete with the Total Unification in 1781 which saw Frilsand join the union, which was then named "Uuni Kaohi"

The name of the union was officially changed to "United Provinces of Kaohportia" in 1841.

Geography
The 5 former nations that now make up Kaohportia are now the 5 provinces of the country. All five provinces are listed below.